Track gauge



Nov. l5, l927.d

A. G. BERKEBILE TRACK GAUGEv Filed July 6. 1926 Z noemlz) r l SH01/Mago,

Patented Nov. 15, 1927.

PATENT OFFICE.

ADAM G. BERKEBILE, OF SOMERSET, PENNSYLVANIA.

TRACK GAUGE.

Application filed July 6, 1926.

This invention aims to provide a novel form of gauge for use in layingtrack, the structure being ot' peculiar utility in the hands of coalminers, and others, who desire an extremely portable and light article.

It is within the province of the disclosure to improve generally and toenhance the utility of devices of that type to which the inventionappertains.

Vilith the above and other objects in View which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in the combination andarrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed, it being understood that changes in the preciseembodiment of the invention herein disclosed7 may be made within thescope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of theinvention.

In the drawings Figure 1 shows in elevation, a device constructed inaccordance with the invention, parts being broken away;

Figure 2 is a section taken about on the line 2 2 of Figure l; and

Figure 3 is an elevation showing one of the brackets.

In carrying out the invention, there is ,provided a pair of metalbrackets. Each bracket is like the other, and one bracket, therefore,will be described.

The bracket includes a main member 1 merging into a loop-shaped body 2terminating in an arm 3 disposed about parallel to the main member 1,the end ot the arm 3 being thinned as at t and being provided with teethwhich are shown at 5. At its upper end, the main member 1 is providedwith an extension 6 located approximately at right angles to the mainmember l and at right angles to the arm 3.

In the extension 6 is threaded a clamp screw 7 which is located in linewith the arm 3.

Two brackets, constructed as described,

Serial No. 120,729.

are slipped on a bar 8, or the like, the teeth 5 on the arm 3 bitinginto the lower edge of the bar 8, and the clamp screw 7 being advancedinto the upper end of the bar, the main member l engaging one edge ofthe bar, all as shown in Figure 2. The result is that the bracket isheld securely on the bar and the depending body portions 2 may be placedagainst the Vtreads of a. pair of rails 9, as and for a purpose wellunder stood by any one who has had any experience in laying track.

A miner or other person can carry the brackets in his pocket withoutinconvenience, select any kind oi a piece of wood or other materialwhich may happen to be at hand, employ it as the` bar 8, fasten thebrackets thereon, and proceed with his track laying.

What is claimed is In a railway track gauge, brackets each comprising amain member provided at one end with a loop-shaped body terminating inan arm disposed approximately parallel to the main member, the mainmember being supplied at its opposite end with an extension disposed atan angle to the arm, a clamping device in the extension, and a bar boundbetween' the arm and the clamping device of each bracket and abuttingagainst the main member of each bracket, the loopshaped body projectingprominently with respect to the bar, all portions of the outer edge oteach loop-shaped body being in the same plane, and the aforesaidabutment between the barand the main members serving to aid in holdingeach loop-shaped body in such a position that the said plane will bedisposed at right angles to the length of the bar.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have heretoafiixedmy signature.

ADAM G. BERKEBILE.

